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POPSRice Arrives in Georgia With Cease-Fire Concessions Meanwhile, a flurry of international diplomacy was set in motion, even as regional tensions escalated dramatically over a missile defense deal between the U.S. and Poland — with a top Russian general saying the pact exposes Poland to attack. Gori, about 45 miles west of the capital Tbilisi, is key to when — or if — Russia will honor the terms of a cease-fire that calls for both sides to pull their forces back to the positions they held before fighting broke out last week in the separatist region of South Ossetia. By holding Gori, Russian forces effectively cut the country in half because the city sits along Georgia's only significant east-west highway. Russian military vehicles were blocking the eastern road into the city on Friday, although they allowed in one Georgia bus filled with loaves of bread. President Bush video statement
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POPSBureaucrats Try to Quash Blues Prodigy's Talents Well, the law prohibits it, and the Legislature enacted the laws to protect the health, safety and welfare of all children. "T-Man" Latz has a reason to sing the blues http://www.comcast.net/articles/music/20080812/Blues.Kid/
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POPSChavez - More Like Castro Everyday Nevertheless, Mr. Chávez appears pleased with the circumstances, illuminating another way in which he resembles Castro: Both men are narcissists above all else, and both have been driven by an intense desire to rule as the omnipotent caudillo. The welfare of the nation is beside the point.
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POPSBarack Obama is Mr Darcy --Maureen Dowd Dowd reports that some women won't vote for Obama because he's skinny, some because he seems haughty. That's no sillier than voting for him because he resembles Jane Austen's most popular hero, Mr Darcy. I'm not wild about the train of thought that says women vote based on fictional heroes. However, it may be an uncomfortable truth, and not only about women. Much of voter opinion is based on looks, style, and media hype--not content. I do give Dowd credit for making an unusual analogy. The "Pride & Prejudice" title fits the current politics in some ways, and Dowd correctly points out that the success of the Austen novel rests of changing the views of *both* sides.
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POPSThe Terror Blob Strikes Venezuela The most popular theory holds that the cheap, poorly-made asphalt used in the construction of the road is bleeding oil at high temperature and in a country where corruption is rife there is the inevitable finger-pointing. The Venezuelan national oil company, responsible for producing the road, received a large contract for the job and many feel they cut costs on cheap production techniques to maximise profits. Some even believe they are purposefully botching the repair job in order to keep raking in profit. Ruth Capriles, Venezuela’s foremost whistle-blower thinks political opponents of President Carlos Andres Perez were dumping oil on the roads to make his government look bad. “There could be corruption, but who knows for sure? Everybody is giving a different explanation.”
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POPSRaspberry Shortcake with Blueberries Calories 133 Calories from Fat 39 % Daily Value* Total Fat 4.3g 7% Saturated Fat 0.7g 3% Cholesterol 0mg 0% Sodium 66mg 3% Total Carbohydrates 21.0g 7% Dietary Fiber 1.4g 5% Sugars 3.2g Protein 2.8g
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POPSThe DelFly a Dragonfly like Micro Air Vehicle A research team at the Delt University in The Netherlands just launched: the so called the Delfly. a flying robot that looks like a dragonfly and is also comparable in size. It' is equipped with a camera that streams back video to a base station.
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POPSAn American in Albania ...The Albanians of Montenegro were lucky, I thought as we approached the customs agents, to live under Josip Broz Tito's relatively lenient communist system in Yugoslavia instead of suffering Enver Hoxha's full-bore Stalinist regime just a few miles away in Albania proper. Hoxha, who ranks among the most thoroughly oppressive tyrants in history, made Tito's dictatorship look libertarian....
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POPSHow Tattoos Work The tattoo machine has remained relatively unchanged since its invention by Samuel O'Reilly in the late 1800s. O'Reilly based his design on the autographic printer, an engraving machine invented by Thomas Edison. Edison created the printer to engrave hard surfaces. O’Reilly modified Edison’s machine by changing the tube system and modifying its rotary-driven electromagnetic oscillating unit to enable the machine to drive the needle.
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